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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Sungai Besar Umno division chief Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos said he has instructed his lawyers to file an application at the High Court to intervene in lawyer Dr Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar Al-Mahdzar’s legal action involving Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah's decision to not accept Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s Cabinet meeting proposal to declare a state of emergency in Malaysia as the nation contends with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): Among the many depressing figures showing the hardship faced by the urban poor living in low-cost flats, a couple of figures struck as an anomaly: 7% households earned at least RM5,000 a month, while 2% above RM7,000 a month as at September this year, according to data appended in the second instalment of a study commissioned by two United Nations (UN) agencies released on Oct 30.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia needs to put in place a more effective social policy framework to provide timely aid to ensure the urban poor do not slip deeper into poverty, with findings of a United Nations-commissioned study pointing to a “partial, uneven and uncertain” recovery for low-income urban families from the COVID-19 crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): The Employees Provident Fund echoed Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s sentiment that EPF savings are for the future, and said that larger problems could arise in the future if its members are allowed to access their Account 1 savings to address the challenges they face due to Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Malaysia, which needs to expand its social aid programs, also has to greatly raise awareness about the help that is available to the most vulnerable people in society.

MELBOURNE (Oct 30): UEM Sunrise Bhd announced settlement of the RM365.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) said it has written to UEM Group to request for more time to consider the latter's proposal to merge with its unit UEM Sunrise Bhd.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): A two-year-old baby has been detected as Sarawak’s youngest Covid-19 case, the Borneo Post reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): UEM Sunrise Bhd said today that it needs more time to decide on its proposed merger with Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) due to the size and complexity of the exercise.